This is going to be great! A group of students from around the world writing about education, teaching, and learning. The logo below is linked to their website, which contains a "What", "Why", "Who", and "How" section. This is an exciting post for me. I have been reading EduBloggers for some time, but the time has come for student voices to be heard.

Online learning has recenty seen dramatic growth at the middle/high school grade levels. Michigan became the first state to require high school students to take at least one online course for graduation. ESU #13 is planning to incorperate online and hybrid courses into the current two-way interactive schedule. Over the last two years the ESU #13 Moodle site has become fairly active. It is currently being used to supplement face-to-face course, but planning for actual online courses is scheduled to begin this week. An email was sent to member schools seeking teachers that might be interested in beginning to use online courseware. With the rapid growth of online course delivery at the post-secondary level, students should be given the opportunity to participate in this type of learning environment as part of completing their secondary course studies.

Second Life is an online 3D virtual world created by Linden Labs, and was originally launched in 2003. Second Life provides an online world for users to play and interact in, allowing residents to create their own virtual spaces. Recently there have been numerous examples of the educational opportunities that can be realized within this environment.  Sean FitzGerald and Jo Kay have created a  Second Life in Education Wiki that has a wide variety of resources for any educator interested in exploring Second Life.

 

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